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Category Archives: Student Spotlight


The heats are over, and twelve finalists have been chosen to move forward to the 2024 Three Minute Thesis Final Competition on April 3, 2024, from 1:30-3:00pm.


UT graduate students are preparing to participate in the 2024 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition. To begin with, they will compete across three heats. Four competitors will be chosen from each heat and the twelve winners will move forward to the final competition. The final competition will then take place on April 3 from 1:30-3 during Graduate and Professional Student Appreciation Week (GPSAW).


PhD student Rob Sears, a researcher in the Herbert College of Agriculture, has developed a potato plant that can detect gamma radiation, providing reliable indications of harmful radiation levels without complex monitoring technologies.


Hunter A. Hammock, graduating with a PhD, is the featured speaker for the Fall 2023 Graduate Hooding Ceremony.


Two graduate students place at the Graves Business Plan Competition hosted by the Haslam College of Business.